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China: Chinese Hospital Ship Makes Port Call, Joins Drill in Brunei

Muara Port, Brunei: The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy hospital ship "Peace Ark" arrived at Muara port, Brunei on June 16 afternoon to make a port call and participate in the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief (HADR) and Military Medicine (MM) Exercise.The "Peace Ark" will provide free medical checkups for members of the public on June 17 Monday morning.
The drill, which will take place from June 17 to 20, includes humanitarian search and rescue, disaster relief and medical operations based on the scenario of a typhoon, with subsequent flooding and mudslides.This combined ex

China: Some Chinese 'Ambulances' not Suited to Save You

It’s an ill-kept secret that China is full of various counterfeits and bootlegs. The truth of it seems harmless enough when it’s limited to Hollywood films but recently the existence of phony ambulances has been brought to light by Beijing’s Morning Post. Apparently, China’s emergency medical transport system has been dispatching ill-suited medical vans and pulling in quite a profit doing so. The story came to light thanks to a man named Lin, living in the city of Wenzhou. His wife had contracted a serious illness and was admitted into the intensive care unit of their local hospital, where

China: SCO States Conclude Disaster Relief Drill

Rescue and medical workers from the member statesof the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)took part in a joint disaster relief drillfrom June 10 to June 16in Shaoxing city in east China’s Zhejian province. Four rescue teams from Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan respectively, 3 earthquakesearchand rescue teams with heavy equipment and 2 medicalteams from China’s fire department, took part, said China’s Ministry of civil Af

China: Ambulance Delays Aggravated by Heat

Summer heat is aggravating delays in the delivery of ambulance services, which already are lagging due to a shortage of first aid doctors and the city's rising number of elderly, Shanghai Medical Emergency Center officials said June 17.
The problem is more acute in the summer, since the heat is likely to make those with cardiovascular and respiratory diseases feel ill. Recent hot weather has boosted the daily average of calls dispatched by the center to 1,000 per day, and morning requests for service are rising quickly.
A shortage of doctors, not vehicles, is the main problem, the center said. Many first-aid doctors quit due to low pay, a h

China: Emergency Medical Team to Help Trapped Victims

Hong Kong: The Hospital Authority has set up a special emergency rescue team tohelp accident and natural disaster victims who are trapped in wreckage.The team will operate out of Tuen Mun Hospital and will be sent to any accident scene where an on-site amputation is necessary to free someone.
Dr Chow Yuk-yin, head of the orthopaedics and traumatology department for New Territories West, said the team had been set up to cope with natural disasters such as landslides or accidents such as building collapses. Chow said although firefighters had state-of-the-art rescue equipment, it was difficult to free people trapped under concre